SAFETY. KRISTIN IS AT THE BEACH WITH HOW THEY DID IT. IT TOOK TWO AND A HALF HOURS TO GET THE DEER OUT OF THE WATER. CREWS SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND THEY ARE CREDITING THIS RESCUE TO TWO PADDLE BOARDERS WHO HAPPENED TO BE AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. A MORNING PADDLE BOARD RIDE FOR TWO OUT OF STATE VISITORS TURNED INTO A UNIQUE RESCUE FRIDAY MORNING. WE SAW A COUPLE DEER IN THE WATER, DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. THAT WAS THE FIRST I'VE SEEN A DEER OUT THERE WITH ME. MATTHEW AND ERIC, BOTH FROM MASSACHUSETTS, ENDED UP BEING A MAJOR PART OF THE RESCUE THAT INVOLVED HAMPTON POLICE AND FISH AND GAME. WE FOUND TWO DEER THAT WERE EXTREMELY TIRED AND IN A CONDITION THAT MADE THEM VULNERABLE TO CAPTURE BY HUMANS, BUT ALSO LIMITED OUR ABILITY OF WHAT TOOLS WE COULD USE TO CAPTURE THOSE DEER. WITNESSES FIRST NOTICED THE DEER AROUND 8:00 A.M., CREWS INITIALLY TRIED TO COAX THE ANIMALS ONTO THE SHORE, BUT THAT WASN'T EASY. POLICE SAY IF CREWS GOT TOO CLOSE THE DEER WOULD SWIM AWAY. WHEN I FIRST GOT THERE I THEY WERE ABOUT 120 TO 150 YARDS OFF SHORE, SO THEY WERE DEEP. AT ONE POINT, TWO HOURS INTO THE ORDEAL, THE DEER DID MAKE IT TO THE BEACH, BUT QUICKLY TURNED BACK INTO THE WATER. THE PADDLE BOARDERS WERE ABLE TO GET CLOSE AND ONE WAS GIVEN A SNARE PULL BY ANIMAL CONTROL TO CORRAL ONE OF THE ANIMALS. MINUTES LATER CREWS TACKLEDDED THE OTHER DEER CLOSER TO THE SHORE, CAN YOU SEE THE TAKEDOWN BY THE CONSERVATION OFFICER. BOTH ANIMALS WERE TIRED, BUT OKAY, AND WERE RELEASED INTO THE WOODS. SOON AS WE TOOK THE SHACKLES OFF THEIR FEET AND THE BLINDERS OFF THEIR EYES THEY GOT UP AND TOOK OFF. CREWS CREDITED THE TEAM WORK DONE BY ALL AGENCIES, BUT SAY WITHOUT THE PADDLE BOARDERS THE DEAR MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT. HONESTLY THEY HELPED A LOT. I THINK THEY'RE GIVING US TOO MUCH OF THE CREDIT. BOTH MATTHEW EXAMINERRIC SAY THEY WEREN'T INTIMIDATED BY THE SITUATION, THEY WEREN'T NERVOUS AT ALL, JUST HAPPY TO HELP. AND THAT THOSE

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